The Good News

THE GOOD NEWS GOSPEL OF THE LORD GOD JESUS CHRIST!
 
By Apostle James R Winfree Sr,
 
In these days of religious confusion, when Biblical terms such "born again" are being abused, it is well to keep our definitions clear, that our message may be clear. This is particularly true of the word "gospel." What indeed is the true gospel?
 
Let me begin by asking a question. Which of these three statements defines the gospel: (1) Come to Christ and follow Him? (2) Repent of your sins and turn to GOD? (3) Ask Christ to save you and come into your heart? If you answered that none of these is the gospel, you are right. Each one is an appeal to come to Christ Jesus.
 
The gospel, which simply means "good news", is a positive declaration of the Person and work of Jesus Christ. Paul defines it in his first letter to the Corinthians: "I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you...how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; and that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures (1 Cor. 15:1-4). There it is, and any deviation from it distorts the message and brings the preacher of "another gospel" under the judgment of GOD, as Paul declares so forcefully: "If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed" (Gal. 1:9).
 
Paul one of the Churches Apostles uses six terms to describe the whole scope of the gospel which he preached:
 
1. The Gospel of GOD (Rom. 1:1). Here is the source of the good news. It does not originate with man, but with God, who "sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins" (1 John 4:10) and sent His angel to declare "good tidings of great joy...to all people"
(Luke 2:10).
 
2. The Gospel of Christ (Gal. 1:7). Here is the theme of the good news, already noted. It is the declaration that Jesus Christ, the eternal Son of GOD, "came into the world to save sinners" (1 Tim. 1:15), that the Father "laid on Him the iniquity of us all" (Isa. 53:6), and that He is risen again and is at the right hand of GOD, making intercession for us (Rom.. 8:34).
 
3. The Gospel of the Grace of GOD (Acts 20:24). Here is the nature of the good news. GOD proclaims that he has an undeserved gift for all mankind, salvation through faith in His beloved Son. "For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast" (Eph. 2:8-9).
 
4. The Gospel of your Salvation (Eph. 1:13). Here is the work of the good news. It is the "power of GOD unto salvation to every one that believeth..." (Rom. 1:16). "GOD has chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth, whereunto He called you by our gospel..." (2 Thess. 2:13-14).
 
5. The Gospel of Peace (Eph. 6:15). Here is the effect of the good news–peace! It is peace with GOD: "Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ" (Rom. 5:1). It is also peace of conscience: "...the blood of Christ (shall) purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living GOD" (Heb. 9:14).
 
6. The Gospel of Glory (the "glorious gospel")—(1 Tim. 1:11). Here is the final goal of the good news, that those who receive it may share in GOD'S glory, both now and in eternity. "But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord" (2 Cor. 3:18). Christ "tasted death for every man...(that He might bring) many sons and daughters unto glory" (Heb. 2:9-10). "Father, I will that they also, whom You has given Me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which You have given Me: for You loves Me before the foundation of the World" (John 17:24). Much more to come by one of our Lord's faithful servants, In the honor and service of our King.

We Are Leading All Souls To Our GOD, The LORD JESUS CHRIST.

Apostle James R Winfree Sr, Online Love Fellowship Nations Media Church Ministries.

Give What GOD Have Placed In Your Heart!

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